Health Care Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT
REPORTS TO: SENIOR PRACTICE NURSE (Clinically)

PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS: 6 – 8 Sessions up to 36 hours per week

Job summary:

Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Duties and responsibilities:

• NHS patient health checks
• Dressings and complex dressings
• ECG recording
• Ear irrigation
• Phlebotomy
• Flu
• Smoking Cessation and Hypertension reviews
• Chaperoning duties
• B12
• Learning Disability reviews
• Mental Health reviews
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions, including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients’ health and well-being
• Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
• Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
• Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 27-36 per week

Salary: £10.79-£11.46 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cambridge: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• General Practice Health care Assistant: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/04/2023
Expected start date: 02/05/2023